Research Assistant/Associate Informatician - MYO-Guide and AI Projects

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Salary
Research Assistant: £32,296 - £33,232 per annum.
Research Associate: £34,866 - £45,163 per annum.

The Role
We are seeking to appoint an informatician for the project "Implementing an Artificial Intelligence Module in the web platform MYO-Share". The project focuses on the development of an Artificial Intelligence system to automatically diagnose patients with different neuromuscular diseases and deploying the model on a web platform. The web platform has already seen some development and is available at www.myoguide.org. The platform serves as an entry point for the project, offering information to collaborators, clinicians and patients. The platform also offers an interface to interact with the diagnosis model, allowing users to send patient data to the server and request a prediction of diagnosis We are seeking to improve and expand the platform with new functionalities. We also aim to bring the platform to a professional level by incorporating industry best practices, ensuring cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.

Your role will involve improving and expanding the web application, help in the research area by contributing with Python code, generate and disseminate visual content for brand promotion, public involvement, and project presentations.

This post is fixed-term until 15 November 2026.

For informal enquiries contact: Prof Jordi Diaz Manera (Jordi.diaz-manera@newcastle.ac.uk).

Find out more about the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre here: https://jwmdrc.org/.

Find out more about the Faculty of Medical Sciences here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/.

Find out more about our Research Institutes here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/institutes/.

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of research role profiles. These profiles set out firstly the generic competences and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and secondly the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.

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